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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

I reach the beach!

Yay! Lori Wilson Park, Cocoa Beach FL

"Key West or Bust" - Day 113

I chose this route - reaching the beach via FL 520 - because this route is hiker friendly. There are good dedicated pedestrian walkways on the three major bridges and the long causeway that connect the mainland with the barrier island. Today I spent most of the day walking that causeway.

There were mangroves at water's edge--first ones I've seen.

Only one of the three bridges had much elevation - the Indian River bridge, which crosses the Intracoastal Waterway.

And then there it was. The Atlantic Ocean. Looking north, the launch towers of Cape Canaveral were poking up above the horizon.

I walked the beach for just a mile and a half and then the day was over. But plenty of more beach photos will surely be forthcoming. Watch this space.

Here's the route of today's hike, with links to all the worthwhile photos.

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"Not all who wander are lost." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

Welcome. Here is a site about traveling the old fashioned way—on foot.

“…the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours—as the swinging of dumb-bells or chairs; but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day."

— Henry David Thoreau

For me, purposeful walking lies at the heart a well-lived life. Walking defines us as a species. We are the ape who left the trees to explore the world. Walking made us curious and adaptable, which led to tool making, agriculture, community, and perhaps to the point of forgetting that it was our two feet that got us here. In myself I find the purest peace experiencing this world in the simple way of our distant ancestors.

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…walk in a way that … print[s] peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

— Thich Nhat Hanh

I started this blog after I retired from NASA, so that family could follow my bucket-list treks. I’m still trekking. See the ‘Hopping Rocks’ tab for details. Sharing the joy of my walks just amps up the joy-meter. This is a labor of love.